2002
JOC HALEY AND CDR SIMPSON
PUBLIC AFFAIRS AWARDS RESULTS
R 191421Z MAR 03
ALCOAST 148/03
COMDTNOTE 5780
SUBJ: 2002 JOC HALEY AND CDR SIMPSON PUBLIC AFFAIRS AWARDS RESULTS
A. 2002 JOC ALEX HALEY AND CDR JIM SIMPSON AWARDS, COMDTNOTE 5780
1. THE JOC ALEX HALEY AND CDR JIM SIMPSON PUBLIC AFFAIRS AWARDS RECOGNIZE UNIT SUCCESSES IN RAISING SERVICE VISIBILITY. THE JOC ALEX HALEY AWARD HONORS INDIVIDUALS WHO DEPICT THE COAST GUARDS MANY ACCOMPLISHMENTS THROUGH PUBLISHED ARTICLES AND PHOTOGRAPHS, WHILE THE CDR JIM SIMPSON AWARD RECOGNIZES EXCELLENCE IN A UNITS OVERALL PUBLIC AFFAIRS PROGRAM.
2. IAW REF A, A SELECTION PANEL CONVENED AT COAST GUARD HEADQUARTERS 12-14 MAR TO REVIEW 44 SUBMISSIONS FOR THE CDR JIM SIMPSON AWARD AND 11 SUBMISSIONS FOR THE ALEX HALEY AWARD. I AM PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THE FOLLOWING RESULTS.
3. THE 2002 JOC ALEX HALEY AWARDS ARE PRESENTED TO:
A. FOR AUTHOR - PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICER/SPECIALIST - PA3 AMY THOMAS, FIRST PLACE. MR. JIM MCGRANACHAN, SECOND PLACE. PA2 CHAD SAYLOR, THIRD PLACE
B. FOR AUTHOR - ALL OTHERS - LCDR JOE DIRENZO, FIRST PLACE. MR. WAYNE SPIVAK, SECOND PLACE. LT JEB LIVINGOOD, HONORABLE MENTION.
C. FOR PHOTOGRAPHER - PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICER/SPECIALIST - PA1 TOM SPERDUTO, FIRST PLACE. PA3 KYLE NIEMI, SECOND PLACE. PA1 SARAH FOSTER-SNELL, THIRD PLACE. PA2 CHAD SAYLOR, HONORABLE MENTION.
D. FOR PHOTOGRAPHER - ALL OTHERS - MR. DON DEMIK, FIRST PLACE.
4. THE 2002 CDR JIM SIMPSON AWARDS ARE PRESENTED TO:
A. FOR AIR STATIONS - AIRSTA SAN FRANCISCO, FIRST PLACE. AIRSTA TRAVERSE CITY, SECOND PLACE. AIRSTA NEW ORLEANS, THIRD PLACE. HONORABLE MENTIONS - AIRSTA MIAMI, AIRSTA HOUSTON, AIRSTA CLEARWATER.
B. FOR SMALL, ASHORE - INTERNATIONAL ICE PATROL, FIRST PLACE. STA MONTEREY, SECOND PLACE. MSD ST. THOMAS, THIRD PLACE. HONORABLE MENTIONS - STA DESTIN, STA MARATHON.
C. FOR SMALL, AFLOAT - CGC MONHEGAN AND CGC COWSLIP TIED FOR FIRST PLACE.
D. FOR MARINE SAFETY OFFICES - MSO CHICAGO, FIRST PLACE. MSO DULUTH, SECOND PLACE. MSO MORGAN CITY, THIRD PLACE. HONORABLE MENTIONS - MSO HONOLULU, MSO DETROIT.
E. FOR LARGE, AFLOAT - CGC DILIGENCE, FIRST PLACE. CGC LEGARE, SECOND PLACE. CGC TAMPA, THIRD PLACE. HONORABLE MENTIONS - CGC MACKINAW, CGC CONFIDENCE.
F. FOR GROUPS - GRU FT. MACON, FIRST PLACE. GRU SOUTHWEST HARBOR, SECOND PLACE. GRU GRAND HAVEN, THIRD PLACE. HONORABLE MENTIONS - GRU EASTERN SHORE, GRU HAMPTON ROADS.
G. FOR LARGE, ASHORE - ACTIVITIES SAN DIEGO, FIRST PLACE. ISC KODIAK, SECOND PLACE. TRACEN CAPE MAY, THIRD PLACE. NAVCEN, HONORABLE MENTION.
H. FOR PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICES - ATLANTIC AREA/FIFTH DISTRICT, FIRST PLACE. FIRST DISTRICT, SECOND PLACE. EIGHTH DISTRICT, THIRD PLACE. HONORABLE MENTIONS - FOURTEENTH DISTRICT, SEVENTH DISTRICT.
5. FOR THE FIRST TIME, A CDR JIM SIMPSON AWARD FOR BEST OVERALL PROGRAM, FOR UNITS WITHOUT PUBLIC AFFAIRS SPECIALISTS OR A FULL-TIME PAO IS BEING AWARDED. THE BEST OVERALL AWARD GOES TO AIRSTA SAN FRANCISCO.
6. PANEL JUDGES WERE CDR JIM MCPHERSON (G-IPA-2), CWO3 LIONEL BRYANT (G-IPA-1), PACM CAROLYN CIHELKA (G-IPA-5), PAC JEFF HALL (DINFOS, FT MEADE) AND PA1 JACKIE ZETTLES (CG MAGAZINE).
7. THIS YEARS COMPETITION RESULTED IN THE NARROWEST OF MARGINS SEPARATING WINNING ENTRIES, A REFLECTION ON THE EMPHASIS BEING PAID BY UNITS TO PUBLIC AFFAIRS. PANEL MEMBERS, SOME OF WHOM HAVE JUDGED PREVIOUS COMPETITIONS, REMARKED THAT UNITS ARE BECOMING ADEPT AT PUTTING TOGETHER ATTENTION-GETTING PUBLIC AFFAIRS PROGRAMS AND HAVING GOOD SUCCESS AT RAISING THE VISIBILITY OF THE COAST GUARD IN THEIR AORS.
8. ONE CRITICAL AREA IN WHICH UNITS CAN IMPROVE THEIR SUBMISSIONS AND DRAMATICALLY INCREASE SERVICE VISIBILITY IS IMAGERY. THE NEWS MEDIA ARE IMAGERY DRIVEN. A UNIT THAT CAPTURES A COAST GUARD EVENT ON VIDEO AND IN STILL PHOTOS, AND RELEASES THAT IMAGERY TO THE NEWS MEDIA, CAN REAP TREMENDOUS BENEFITS. COAST GUARD IMAGERY GREATLY IMPROVES THE POSSIBILITY THAT YOUR UNIT AND OUR COAST GUARD WILL RECEIVE DESERVED RECOGNITION. PLEASE MAKE A CONCERTED EFFORT TO CAPTURE MORE ORIGINAL COAST GUARD IMAGERY AND OFFER IT TO BOTH INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL MARKETS (CONTACT DISTRICT PAOS FOR ADVICE ON POTENTIAL MARKETS).
9. ACTION: AREA AND DISTRICT COMMANDERS, COMMANDERS OF MAINTENANCE AND LOGISTICS COMMANDS, COMMANDING OFFICERS OF HEADQUARTERS UNITS, ASSISTANT COMMANDANTS FOR DIRECTORATES, CHIEF COUNSEL AND SPECIAL STAFF OFFICERS AT HEADQUARTERS SHALL ENSURE THE WIDEST DISSEMINATION OF THIS ALCOAST.
10. QUESTIONS SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO CWO2 BRANDON BREWER AT (202) 267-0944 OR BBREWER(AT)COMDT.USCG.MIL.
11. INTERNET RELEASE AUTHORIZED.
12. RADM KEVIN J. ELDRIDGE, ASSISTANT COMMANDANT FOR GOVERNMENTAL AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS, SENDS.
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